SYNTHESIS OF (+) AND (-) 1 -(5,5-DIPHENYLTETRAHYDROFURAN-3- YL)-N,N-DIMETHYLMETHANAMINE, (+) AND (-) 1-(2,2-DIPHENYLTETRAHYDROFURAN-3-YL)-N,N- DIMETHYLMETHANAMINE AND (+) AND (-) 1-(2,2- DFFHENYLTETRAHYDROFURAN-3-YL)-N-METIHYLMETHANAMINE

摘要

The current invention covers the synthesis of (+) and (-) l-(5,5-diphenyItetrahydrofuran-3- yl)-N,N-dimethylmethanamine [(±)1] and [(-)1] respectively, including their pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts. The new products can be synthesized starting from 5,5-diphenyltetrahydrofuran-2(3H)-one (4) after insertion of an aldehyde group in the α-position, reduction to the prochiral 3-(hydroxymethyl)-1, 1-diphenylbutane-1,4-diol (6), chemoenzymatic desymmetrization using the enzyme Amano Lipase PS30, tosylation, intramolecular nucleophilic attack, hydrolysis, reaction with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride and substitution by dimethylamine, thus producing (+) 1-(5,5-diphenyl- tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylmethanamine [(+)1]. Protection of the product of the chemoenzymatic desymmetrization with tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride, hydrolysis, tosylation, intramolecular nucleophilic attack, removal of tert-butyldimethylsilyl group, reaction with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride and substitution by dimethylamine produces (-) 1-(5,5-diphenyltetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylmethanamine [(-)1]. It also covers the synthesis of (+) and (-) 1-(2,2-diphenyltetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-N,N- dimethylmethanamine [(+)2] and [(-)2] respectively and (+) and (-) 1-(2,2-diphenyl- tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-N-methylmethanamine (+)3] and [(-)3] respectively, including their pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts. The new products can be synthesized either starting from the reduction of 5-oxo-2,2-diphenyltetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid (13) with LiA1H₄, followed by the cyclization of the obtained triol (14) under acidic conditions, reaction with 1S-(-) or1R-(+)camphanic chloride, recrystallization, hydrolysis, reaction with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride and substitution by dimethylamine or methylamine, or by the reaction of R-(-) or S-(+) Mandelic acid and acetic acid with racemic 1-(2,2-diphenyltetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-N,N-dimethylmethanamine (2), recrystallization, followed by reaction with an aqueous solution of NaOH. The compounds mentioned in the invention present neuroprotective, antiepileptic and antidepressant activity and can be used as therapeutic agents.